Pentecost Season & Pope Leo’s Encyclical on AI
Matthew Fox
May 26, 2026
I write this on Monday morning, which is the day after the Feast of Pentecost for Christians and happens to be also the day of
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Our wee-ness
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
January 16, 2026
If you look at the history of the rise of Nazism, and you blend the postures and the job descriptions of the Brown Shirts and
Natural Ecstasies
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
January 8, 2026
There are many ways through which we human beings can achieve a state of ecstasy, that is, transcend ourselves and touch the divine. Matthew Fox
A Surge in Loneliness?
Matthew Fox
December 20, 2025
These headlines caught my attention this week: “Loneliness Surges Among Key Groups of Americans”; “’Lonely, terrifying and scary’: 70% of students in UK university Halls
The Face of the Other
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
December 19, 2025
Musing upon my last two DMs — one on deep feeling and the other on sustainability — it occurs to me that the two topics
Ingratitude in the Religion Silicon Valley Billionaires Are Pushing
Matthew Fox
December 9, 2025
We have been meditating on gratitude in recent DMs. The peculiar religion being pushed by certain Silicon Valley billionaires currently in very high places in
The Scope of Our Hope
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
July 5, 2025
Early in his career, Matthew Fox named one “unholy” or “demonic” trinity made of competition, compulsion, and dualism, all strongly and virulently opposed to compassion,
Celebrating Father’s Day Tomorrow & No Kings Day Today
Matthew Fox
June 14, 2025
This weekend feels sort of packed with issues of healthy/unhealthy fathering and masculinity. On Friday I was part of a 1-day conference on “Healthy Masculinity.”
Thomas Merton, a Humorous Saint
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 31, 2025
Working on Merton and the four paths of Creation Spirituality during the whole week, I realized in a new way how accomplished he was. While
From Aquinas to Sunken Ship Rescue: The Amazing Ingenuity of Humanity
Matthew Fox
September 2, 2023
Last night I saw a documentary on the raising of the half-sunken ship Costa Concordia from its watery grave near the Giglio Porto at Tuscan Island off
